"Munnato" and steamed Cilento white fig "Vaporetto"

TRADITION

In Cilento National Park, on the hills of Agropoli, there are vast plantations of Cilento White Fig, a fruit of unique taste and tradition.

The introduction of this ancient fruit in Campania dates back to the sixth century. B.C. thanks to Greek settlers. Dried fig is mentioned in several authors both Greeks and Romans becoming symbol of Cilento. At the beginning it was used as a support for the workers in the fields, then it became luxury product.

From the fifteenth century. A.D. the fig often appears in the custom records of Cilento ports, reflecting a flourishing trade, and above all, towards foreign states. The fig by "bread of the poor" became a luxury item on the tables of noble people on Christmas days, although it is a product available all the year.

Then as now the cultivation of the fig is an important source of income for Cilento. To  dried figs are added numerous types of preparation, testifying the great culinary versatility of this traditional product of Campania.

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